Teaching and Learning Employability Skills to Develop the Whole Person at Bow Valley College: The Personal Employment & Academic Competencies Initiative

Bow Valley College prides itself on its reputation for being—responsive, innovative and flexible—as an institution dedicated to meeting the needs of adult learners.

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Bow Valley College offers a course in Personal Employment & Academic Competencies (PEAC) to full- and part-time adult learners to help them acquire and strengthen academic skills they need to succeed as adult students and the personal employability skills they need to prepare them for the world of work

This case study looks at the:

• objectives;
• activities;
• resources required;
• achievements.
• benefits;
• keys to success; and
• greatest challenge.